Adventures on the Tabletop: Game Design Documentary

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The Kickstarter campaign is over. This story is not.

Adventures on the Tabletop explores board game design. We’ll take you from inspiration to prototype to playtest. We will get into the nitty gritty of game mechanics,
game balance, and game theory. From
prototype, we’ll bring you into pitch sessions as designers pitch major
publishers. We will
discover what various publishers are looking for in theme, mechanics, and play.

Furthering our exploration, we will then follow the games
into the play testing labs of the publishers in both the US and Germany. We will watch as rules are
probed, learn how designers collaborate with publishers and experience the extensive playtest
and development process from mechanics to theme.

In the movie, we will interview giants of the gaming world including Alan
Moon, Klaus Teuber, Reiner Knizia. We talk with independent designersand distributors and discuss how Kickstarter is transforming not only distribution, but game design itself.

GREAT INSIGHTS FOR ANY GAME DESIGNER! If you're a gamer, you'll gain appreciation and understanding for the games you love and you might just catch the design bug!

Risks and challenges

Director Douglas Morse is a professor of Media Studies and Film at The New School for Public Policy in New York City. Three adaptations of classic drama are carried by the largest distributor of educational media. Adventures on the Tabletop is his seventh feature film.